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I! I y." I mai Patented June 9, 1942 GLOVE TURNING MACHINE Louis Brownstein, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Isidor Gerber, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application April 24, 1940, Serial No. 331,310

28 Claims.

This invention relates to automatic glove turning machines of the type disclosed in my copending application for patent for Combined glove turning and pressing machines, Serial No.

267,553, filed April 13, 1939, to which reference is hereby made.

The present invention pertains to improvements in the turning mechanism whereby said mechanism is substantially simplified and rendered positively acting and efficient, and correct mounting of the glove in right-side-out position on a heating form is assured, it being intended that the glove be later stripped from the form and pressed. Since only part of the glove pressing mechanism is shown herein, reference is hereby made to my application for patent for Glove pressing machine, Serial No. 263,125, filed March 21, 1939, now Patent No. 2,199,778, dated May 7,

1940, for a full disclosure of the heating, stripping and pressing mechanism.

Before a glove can be mounted automatically on the heating form of the pressing mechanism, it must first be turned from an inside-out position to a right-side-out position since the glove parts are stitched together in an inside-out position. My said co-pending application, Serial No.

glove thumb, it being understood that the machine should operate on the glove regardless of whether it is a left hand or a right hand glove. Full control of the thumb during the turning operation is therefore one of the important features of the present invention.

This invention further contemplates the Simplification and the improvement of the efficiency of the glove turning means, whereby the glove is properly mounted on a heating form despite inaccuracies in the stitching of the glove during its manufacture or the resistance of the different types of material from which the glove may be made; the use of positively actuated grippers for accomplishing the greater part of the turning of the glove and the mounting thereof on the heatin form, and the provision of an improved thumb holding device whereby correct turning of the thumb cannot fail to take place when the remainder of the glove is turned.

The various objects of the invention will be clear from the description which follows and from the drawings, in which,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a glove turning machine embodying my invention, certain of the operatnig parts, however, having been omitted and the glove grippers being shown at the right hand part of the machine for the sake of clarity.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof, taken from the left end of Fig. 1, the tucker blades for the thumb and the grippers for the wrist or open end of the glove having been omitted.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the operating mechanism for the thumb tucker blades.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the turning form and of the glove grippers showing in dash-dot lines an intermediate position of the grippers during the glove turning operation.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of the gripper showing other positions assumed by the grippers during the turning operation.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4 showing the grippers in more detail.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged top plan View and section of the thumb holding means for insuring correct turning of the glove.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view of one of the fingers of the turning form and of part of the co-operating or heating form, showing the rods whereby the turning of the glove is initiated.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary front elevation and vertical section of the glove turning form and of the upper one of the gripper-s in the initial position thereof at the beginning of its stroke and just before it is operated to grip the wrist end of the glove.

Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the draw-on blades and of the operating mechanism therefor.

In the practical embodiment of the invention which I have shown by way of example, the heating forms I0 are of the electrically heated type, each provided with an electrically operated heating element and with four fingers adapted to receive the fingers of the turned glove. The forms ID are mounted on the shaft II which is intermittently operated by a suitable Geneva movement in the direction of the right hand arrow of Fig. 1 or in a clockwise direction to align one of the heating forms If] end for end, with one of the turning form 12. Current is supplied to the heating element of the heating form by suitable connections to the commutator I3 at the end of the shaft ll. Means are also provided for operating the tucker rods l4 through the fingers of the form if! all in a manner and by means clearly shown and described in my prior Patent No. 2,199,778 and my said co-pending application Serial No. 267,553, for the double purpose of initiating and turning of the gloves, and later for initiating the stripping of the glove from the heating form. No further description of the forms ill or of the rods M or of the operating mechanism therefor is therefore deemed necessary.

Each of the various turning forms 52 extends radially from the common shaft 85 therefor, and are intermittently rotated by the Geneva mechanism It, I7 (Fig. 2) on the shafts l and i8 respectively to carry the turning forms in succession into horizontal position and into alignment with a corresponding heating form ID from which the glove has previously been stripped. The shaft i8 is rotated through the bevel gear I9 meshing with the bevel gear 28 on a motor shaft operated by a suitable motor, not shown. When the shaft I 8 rotates, the Geneva part I1 is rotated and actuates the Geneva part I6 intermittently to rotate the shaft l5 and to carry each of the turning forms l2 successively into a horizontal rest position as shown in Fig. 1. The timing of the shafts II and i5 is such that the turning forms and heating forms are operated in unison with each other and about parallel spaced axes so that when the turning forms l2 are at rest, the heating forms H] are also at rest. Consequently, one of the turning forms will be in coaxial and coplanar aligmnent with and adjacent to one of the heating forms during each rest period.

As best seen in Figs. 1 and 2, each of the turning forms l2 consists of an outer or indexfinger tube 2!, a second outer or small-finger tube 22 slightly shorter than the tube 2| and a pair of intermediate finger tubes 23 and 24 extending somewhat beyond the corresponding ends of the tubes 2! and 22. The intermediate finger tubes are supported by the plate 25 which is in turn supported by the finger tubes 2! and 22 or in any other suitable manner. The outer tubes 2i and 22 extend inwardly toward the shaft l5 past the plate 25 and are secured at their inner extremities to a plate 26 provided with a suitable hub 27 by means of which the plate 26 and the form fingers or tubes carried thereby are mounted in the proper position on the radial shaft 28 extending from the shaft [5. Each'of the outer finger tubes 2! and 22 is open for that part of its length nearest the plate 26 as at 29 (Fig. 9) to impart a U-shaped crosssection to the inner end portions of said finger tubes as best seen in Figs. 6 and 9 and for the purpose later to be described.

Each of the finger tubes 2!, 22, 23 and 24 is slightly flared or of larger diameter at its outermost end than at the remainder thereof to resist movement of the glove fingers off the turning form while the turning operation on the body portion of the glove is being performed.

Associated with the finger tubes and comprising part of each of the forms I2 is a pair of identical and opposed thumb holding members 30 and 3! of peculiar construction. One of said members as 30 is intended to enter into the thumb of a right hand glove and is arranged on one side of the index-finger tube Ell and the other as 34 is intended to enter the thumb of a left hand glove and is arranged on the 32 which is suitably secured to and projects substantially perpendicularly from the plate 25 and which terminates in a reduced portion 33 interposed between the pair of similar spring plates M and 35 arranged in face to face relation. Said plates are separated by the part 33 at their inner ends and adjacent their outer ends are in spring pressed contact at the substantially straight portions 36 thereof, the extreme ends 31 however being bent away from each other or bevelled to provide a triangular space for the easy entrance therebetween of a suitable tucker blade. Inwardly of the contacting portions 35 are the outwardly convex portions 33 providing a suitable space 39 between the spring plates to receive the inwardly tucked end part of the glove thumb at the proper time. The plates 34 and 35 being resilient, they are readily spread apart by a tucker blade pressed between them past the ends 3'! thereof. When, as shown in Fig. '7, the tucker blade 30 tucks the tip of the glove thumb between the plates as when the turning operation is commenced, and after the tucker blade is withdrawn said plates automatically close upon the end of the thumb and hold said end properly in place during the time that the turning of the remainder of the glove is being performed.

It will be understood that the tucker blade may tuck a sufficient portion of the thumb end in between the thumb holding plates 34, 35 to reach the space 39, in which case the parts 36 of the plates engage and grip a substantial area of the partly turned thumb of the glove just beyond the tip of the thumb. While I have hereinbefore referred to only one of the tucker blades 40, it will be understood that a pair of such blades is provided, one for each of the thumb members 30 and 3|. The blades 30 are each pivotally mounted as at 32 on an arm 4! (Figs. 1 and 3). The arms are oscillated in unison at the proper time to cause one of the blades to enter between the plates t l and 35 "of the thumb member 30 and to cause the other blade to enter simultaneously between the similar spring plates of the other thumb member 3!. Consequently, the thumb of the glove is tucked in and partly turned regardless of whether a right hand or a left hand glove is mounted on the turning form l2.

The arms ii are mounted on the tucker shaft 33 in the same spaced relation as are the thumb members 35] and 3E. Said shaft 43 carries the crank 44. A connecting rod 45 connects one end of the crank 44 to an end 45 of the arm ll of the bell crank lever 48, which lever is loosely mounted on the shaft l 5. A roller 49 on the arm 47 engages the cam 58 on the shaft l8 while a second cam roller 5! on the arm 52 of the bell crank lever engages the smaller cam 53 on said shaft l8. Consequently, during the continuous rotation of the drive shaft is, the cam 53 oscillates the lever 48 against the action of the spring 56 to reciprocate the rod Q5, and to oscillat the crank. 44, the shaft 43 and the arms ll and thereby to oscillate the blades Ml in unison and to alternately insert them between and retract them from the spring plates of the respective thumb members 30 and 3! at the proper time. Should the action of the spring 54 be insufficient to withdraw the tucker blade from between the spring plates after the cam 55] has left the roller 49, the cam 53 by its engagement with the roller 5! of the arm 52 aids the spring to Withdraw the tucker blades.

Each of said blades enters between the spring plates and moves thereinto along a substantially straight line path by reason of its pivotal mounting on the arm 4| and the resistance offered by the spring plates. To maintain the tucker blade in its proper position for tucking, a stop pin 55 is provided on the arm 4| on one side of the pivot 42 and a second pin stop 56 on the other side of said pivot, said pins limiting the movement which the tucker blade may have about the pivot. The tucker blades 40 operate to initiate the turning of the thumb of the glove at about the same time that the tucker rods M of the heating form ll.) operate to tuck the finger of the glove into the finger tubes 2|, 22, 23, 24, it being understood that the tucking of the finger tips and thumb tip of the glove is accomplished while the forms I2 and I!) are in horizontal alignment and at rest.

Means are provided for thereafter turning the body of the glove, for also removing it from the form I2 and for mounting it on the form while said forms are still at rest. Said means comprises a pair of traveling grippers one of which as 51 is arranged to operate during part of its movement in the open end of the finger tube 2| which becomes arranged at the top edge of the form l2 when said form is horizontal, the other gripper 58 being arranged to operate during part of its movement in the open end of the finger tube 22 at the bottom edge of the form.

The upper gripper 51 is turned out of the way of the heating form l0 and the turning form i2, to permit the form |2 carrying a glove in insideout position to be rotated in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 1 into the glove dismounting position thereof and to permit an empty form I!) to be rotated into its glove receiving position. Since the position of the lower gripper 58 during its movement is such that it clears the forms when said forms are rotated, means are provided on the upper gripper only to turn it at the proper time to permit movement of the forms, while the gripper 58 need not be rotated. Both of the grippers, however, are simultaneously reciprocated horizontally and in unison longitudinally of the machine first in one direction and then in the opposite direction by a traveling chain, the chain 59 operating the gripper 51 while the chain 60 operates the gripper 58 through suitable connections thereto. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the chain 59 is driven by suitable sprocket wheels on the spaced shafts 6|, 62 respectively, such shafts being journalled in the frame of the machine,

the shaft 6| also carrying a sprocket wheel operated by the chain 63 which also engages a sprocket wheel on the shaft 64 (Fig. 2). Said shaft 64 also carries another sprocket wheel engaging the chain 65 which is driven by a suitable sprocket Wheel on the shaft I8. chain 69 is driven through suitable sprocket wheels through the chain 66 meshing with a sprocket wheel on the shaft 64.

A bracket (Fig. 6) carries the gripper 5! and is connected to the chain 59 by the slide 68 and the link 69, one end of the link being connected to the slide, and the other end to the chain 59. Said slide is guided in its movement by suitable guides as H) on the frame H on the machine. The bracket 61 therefore moves longitudinally of the machine throughout the length of the chain 59 alternately in opposite directions.

The upper gripper 51 comprises the jaw-opcrating rod 12 urged upwardly by the spring 13 and mounted for vertical movement in the outer Similarly, the

end part of the horizontal arm 14. The movable gripper jaw 15 is provided at the lower end of the rod 12 and co-operates with the resilient jaw member 16, preferably of rubber or the like fixed in the slot 11 of said arm 14. (See also Fig. 9.) It will be understood that when the jaw 15 moves upwardly toward the jaw 16, a glove is firmly gripped therebetween. Such upward movement of the rod is controlled and effected by means of the arm 18 pivoted at one end on the shaft 19 and at its other end pinned to the rod 12. The shaft 19 also carries the cam arm terminating in the cam roller 8| operated by the fixed cam 9|. The shaft 19 is carried by a suitable extension of the sleeve 82 which is mounted on the upright fixed post 83. A spring arranged within the sleeve and around said post urges the sleeve and the arm 14 carried thereby to rotate in a counter-clockwise direction as viewed in Figs. 4 and 5 into a position wherein the flanged base 85 of the sleeve engages the adjustable stop screw 86 of the bracket 67.

It will be noted that when the cam roller 8| rises, the shaft 19 is rotated in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 6, consequently lowering the arm 18 and opening the jaws l5, 16. When the cam roller 8| is permitted to drop, the arms 80 and 18 rotate in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 6 thereby raising the rod 12 under the action of the spring 13 and closing the jaws l5, 16.

A gripper member 58 similar to the gripper 5'! is similarly provided with jaws 15 and 16 carried by a similar arm 18 mounted on the similar shaft 19 and also has a similar cam arm 80 terminating in a cam roller 8| operated by the fixed cam 81. The jaw 15 of the gripper 58 is also carried by a rod 12 surrounded by a similar spring 13. However, the shaft 19 is carried directly on the bracket 88 supported by the slide 89 which is connected to the chain 65 by the link 90. It will be noted that in gripper 58, the sleeve 82, post 83, and spring 84 are omitted and that the gripper has no turning action about a vertical axis but only has a jaw closing and opening movement.

For the purpose of clarity, the grippers 51 and 58 are shown in Fig. 1 at the right hand end of the machine but it is to be understood that when a glove is mounted on the horizontal form |2 as shown and is to be mounted on an empty form I8, said grippers 51, 58 are not at the place indicated in Fig. 1 but are arranged at the opposite end of the machine as shown in Fig. 4 instead. In the position of Fig. 4, as shown by the full lines indicating the gripper, the cam roller 8| is on the high part of the cam 9| and consequently the jaws I5, 16 are open. Similarly, the cam roller 8| of the gripper 58 is on the high part of the cam 81 and the jaws of said gripper are also open. When the chains 59 and 60 now become effective to move the grippers toward the right, the jaws 16 of said grippers pass into and through the open ends of the finger tubes 2| and 22 respectively underneath and above the wrist part 92 (Fig. 9) of the glove so that said part of the glove enters between the jaws of the opposed grippers at the top and bottom edges of the form l2. As the grippers move toward the right from the position of Fig. 4, stripping of the glove from the form I2 is begun by the rod '12 and the glove is slightly loosened from the form. The finger tips are then tucked by the rods l4 of the heating form into the interior of the finger tubes 2|-24 (Fig. 8) while at the same time the tucker blades 40 arerapidlyoperated to tuck the tip of the thumb between the spring plates 38, 35 and then to recede out of the plates. As the movement of the grippers toward the right continues, the cam rollers 8! thereof move oif'the respective fixed .cams 9i and 8'! whereby the springs 13 of the grippers become operative to close the jaws on the open end edge part of the glove. Continued movement of the grippers toward the right carries the left end' of the glove as viewed in Fig. 1 toward the right while the finger tips and thumb tip remain in the finger tubes and thumb holding member. 'When the wrist part 92 of the g'love'has been carried to the right of the finger tips, the glove is turned and mounting thereof on the form m by the grippers is begun. Continued movement'of the grippers to the positions thereof shown in Fig. l at the right end of the machine completes the turning of the glove.

As the turning of the glove is completed, the roller at of the gripper rides up on the fixed cam Q3 thereby opening the jaws and releasing the glove. Similarly, "the roller of the gripper 58 rides up on a similar fixed cam and opens the jaws of that gripper. In this manner, the grippers serve not only to turn the glove but also to remove it from the form l2 and to mount it on the form Hi. It will be understood that during the turning operation the flared ends of the finger tubes serve to prevent the finger tips from moving off the finger tubes too rapidly, while the spring plates 34, 35 of the thumb member serves to grip the thumb tip of the glove and retain it under full control in the proper position to assure proper turning of the glove, the pull of the grippers on the wrist part 92 of the glove pulling the thumb tip out of the grip of said spring plates as the turning is completed.

As has been hereinbefore indicated, on the return movement of the grippers 57, 58, toward the left from the position thereof shown in Fig. 1, the upper gripper 5? is rotated out of the way of the intermittently rotatable forms l0 and i2 to permit the next successive forms to be brought into the glove turning positions thereof. For this purpose, an arm 9 in the shape of a narrow arcuate segment is pivotally secured to the sleeve base 85 at one end by means of the screw 95, the other end terminating in a cam roller 96. The spring till, held by the screw, serves to urge the inner edge of the arm 94 into contact with the sleeve 82, a suitable slot 9'1 (Fig. 6) being provided in said sleeve for the reception of the roller 96. An elongated fixed cam 98 in the form of a narrow plate is supported by the frame of the machine with its faces vertical and serves to operate the arm 94 and therethrough to operate the sleeve 82 and the arms 14 and H8 to rotate the gripper 51 about the post 83 at the proper time. That is, in the posi-- tion of the gripper 57 shown in Fig. 4, the roller 96 is in the cut-away portion 99 of the bottom edge of the cam 98 and the gripper arm l4 extends at substantially right angles to the cam 98. As the gripper moves toward the right from the position of Fig. 4, and turns the glove, the cam roller strikes the bevelled edge I00 and is moved thereby in a counter clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 4 against the action of the spring IE and into the dash-dot line position shown at the right of Fig. 4 away from the sleeve 82 thereby causing no rotation of the gripper about the post 33. The cam roller continues to .ride on the cam 93 until it reaches the bevelled portion I02 where' it drops off the cam into the cut-away lower edge 193 thereof, the arm 94 returning to its initial position with its inner edge against the sleeve 82 under the action of the spring lfil. After the gripper has been operated to release the jaws and begins its return movement back toward the left, the glove having been completely turned and mounted on the form it at this time, the cam roller 96 strikes the bevelled portion H32 and as the gripper continues its return movement toward the left, said roller causes the arm 94 together with the sleeve 82 and the gripper part carried thereby to rotate about the post 83 in a clockwise direction as viewed in plan and into the position shown in Fig. 5. In this position, the gripper is out of the way of the horizontal form ill which may now move upwardly, the uppermost form i2 at the same time moving downwardly, as shown by the respective arrows of Fig. 1.

So long as the roller 96 remains on the cam 98 during the movement of the gripper toward the left, said gripper remains in its turned position as shown in Fig. 5. Movement of the grippers toward the left gives the lowermost form ill sufficient time to be moved into the glove receiving position thereof without interfering with said lower gripper. On the continued movement of the grippers toward the left, the cam roller 96 moves off the cam 93 into the cut-away portion 99 thereof whereby the spring 84 becomes operative to rotate the sleeve 82 and the parts carried thereby into the normal positions thereof shown in Fig. 4 ready for the repetition of the operation.

Means may be provided for assisting the grippers 51, 53 to mount the glove on the heating form l9. Such means is preferably used where a cheap variety of glove is operated upon or the material of the glove is unusually weak and likely to tear under the pull of the grippers required to mount the glove on the heating form, or where the material of the glove is so resistant to deformation that substantial resistance is offered to the mounting operation. In cheap gloves particularly such as those made of canvas, the stitching is frequently inaccurate so that the glove fingers are stretched to a varying extent to mount the turned glove on the heating form. Additional mounting blades designed to enter between the fingers of the gloves and press upon the bottoms of the fingers to assist the grippers to mount the glove, are therefore advisable.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 10, a set of three finger draw-on blades EM, 665 and H16 are each arranged to oscillate between a different pair of the fingers of the heating form ill near the end part of the mounting stroke of the grippers 57, 58. Said blades are each comparatively thin and wide and are mounted on the vertical oscillatory shaft llll to move into the respective spaces between the fingers of the heating form and -thereby to draw the glove fingers on to the fingers of the heating form assisted by the pull of the grippers on the wrist part of the glove.

To oscillate the shaft ml and the draw-on fingers, a bevel gear 508 on said shaft engages the bevel gear I09 on the horizontal shaft Hi3, which carries the crank iii. One end of the link H2 is secured to the end of the crank Hi, and the other end secured to the crank arm H3 loosely pivoted on the shaft H and having a cam roller H4 in engagement with the cam H5. To maintain said cam roller and cam in contact, a spring H6 connected to a fixed part of the frame and to the crank III is provided. The cam H is mounted on the shaft H1 which is arranged with respect to the shaft H similarly to the arrangement of the shaft l8 with respect to the shaft I5. The shaft H1 being driven in the same manner as the shaft l8 as hereinbefore explained in connection with the description of the shaft 18, the explanation need not be repeated.

Rotation of said shaft H1 causes continuous rotation of the cam H5 thereby oscillating the crank arm H3 and through the link H2 oscillating the crank HI and the bevel gear I139. The vertical blade-carrying shaft and the draw-on blades carried thereby are oscillated through the bevel gear I08 to cause the blades to assist in mounting the glove fingers on the form in the manner hereinbefore described.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a form designed particularly to retard movement of the finger tips of the glove off the form during the glove turning operation and particularly to retain full control of the glove thumb, that the glove turning mechanism is comparatively simple but efficient and that I have provided a mechanism well designed to meet the perplexing problems occurring in practical operation of a glove turning machine.

While I have shown and described a certain specific embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself thereto but intend to claim my invention as broadly as may be permitted by the state of the prior art and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a glove turning machine, a turning form including a thumb member comprising a pair of spring plates arranged to enter the thumb of a glove mounted on the form, a heating form, means for intermittently rotating said forms to carry said forms into an aligned position while said forms are at rest, and an oscillatory tucker blade swingable between said plates to tuck the tip of the glove thumb from a position outside of said plates to a position between said plates while said forms are at rest, a glove gripper including a pair of spring pressed jaws, means for reciprocating said gripper longitudinally of the forms through a stroke extending from the inner end of one of the forms to the inner end of the other form, means for opening the jaws at each end of the stroke and for closing said jaws during the intermediate part of the stroke, and means for rotating one of said grippers out of the path of said forms when said forms are rotated out of the rest positions thereof.

2. In a glove turning machine, a movable turning form including finger tubes and a thumb member consisting of a pair of spring plates, a movable heating form, means carried by the heating form for tucking the finger tips of a glove into the finger tubes of the turning form while the forms are at rest, separate means for tucking the tip of the glove thumb in between the plates of the thumb member while the forms are at rest, a pair of relatively movable glove gripping jawsand means for closing said jaws upon opposite faces of a glove on the turning form and for then moving the jaws lengthwise substantially throughout the lengthsof theturning and heating forms to turn the glove and to mount the glove on the heating formwh letheforms remain at rest.

3. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable turning form, an intermittently rotatable heating form, and means for turning a glove mounted on the turning form and for mounting said glove on the heating form comprising a pair of jaws, one of said jaws being spring pressed toward the other jaw, said other jaw being of resilient compressible material,

means for reciprocating said jaws from a point adjacent the inner end of one form to a point adjacent the inner end of the other form while forms are at rest, and means for arranging the jaws at opposite faces of a glove on the turning form and for opening said jaws at the beginning and end of the stroke and for closing said jaws during the intermediate part of the stroke and while said forms remain at rest.

4. In a glove turning machine, a turning form having four fingers and a thumb member, said thumb member comprising a pair of spring plates, means for supporting said plates at the inner ends thereof, the outer free end portions of said plates being normally in contact, a heating form and means for turning the fingers and thumb of a glove mounted in inside-out position on the turning form and for mounting the glove on the heating form, said means comprising rods carried by the heating form and slidable beyond said heating form and into the fingers of the turning form to tuck the finger tips of the glove into the fingers of the turning form, a tucker blade mounted independently of said forms and movable while said forms are at rest between said spring plates and away from said spring plates to tuck the tip of the glove thumb between said plates, glove gripping jaws, and means to operate said jaws to grip therebetween the inner end of a glove mounted on the turning form and to move said end to the inner end of the heating form.

5. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable heating form, rods slidable in and beyond said form, a hollow turning form adapted to have a glove mounted thereon in inside-out position, said turning form including a pair of spring plates arranged to enter the glove thumb, a tucker blade, means for oscillating said blade to tuck the tip of the glove thumb between said plates and then to recede from said plates while the forms are at rest, a pair of glove gripping jaws and means to close said jaws upon opposite faces of the open end of a glove on the turning form and then to move said jaws and said open end to the inner end of the heating form and then to release said jaws from said open end.

6. In a glove turning machine, a plurality of heating forms intermittently rotatable about a common axis, a plurality of turning forms intermittently rotatable about a common axis, each of said turning forms having four tubular fingers open and outwardly flared at their free ends and having a pair of spring plates adapted to enter the glove thumb, means carried by the heating forms to tuck the finger tips of aglo-ve into the fingers of the turning form when the heating form is aligned with the turning form, means mounted independently of and movable independently of the forms and between said plates to tuck the tip orthe-glove thumb between said plates while the forms are at rest, a continuously movable chain, apair-ofglove turning jaws, and means includingavslide operatively connecting the jawstothechain to reciprocate the jaws-from the wrist part of one form to the wrist part of the other formwhile said forms are at rest.

7. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable form having a wrist portion, means for grippingat the wrist portion, the open end of a. glove mounted in inside-out position on the form and for carrying said end longitudinally of the form, said gripping means comprising a fixed jaw, a spring pressed movable jaw, means including a cam for moving the movable jaw toward the fixed jaw to close the jaws on opposite faces of the glove, and means for rotating said jaws as a unit out of the path of the form when said form is rotated.

8.v In a glove turning machine, means for gripping and turning a glove comprising a pair of glove gripping members, each of said members comprising a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, and means for opening and closing said jaws upon opposite faces of a glove and for also reciprocating said jaws as a unit, said last mentioned means including a cam lever connected to the movable jaw, a fixed cam for operating said lever, a slide carrying said lever and a continuously traveling chain connected to said slide.

9. In a glove turning machine, a form provided with tubular fingers, one of said fingers being open along one side at a part adjacent'the inner end thereof and means for gripping the open end edge of a glove mounted in inside-out position on said form with said edge arranged at the open side of said finger, said means comprising a pair of jaws, one of said jaws being arranged normally outside of said finger and means for moving the other jaw into a position first inside of the open end of said finger and then toward the other jaw, and means for reciprocating said jaws as a unit.

10. In a glove turning machine, a pair of spaced forms movable into and out of an aligned position thereof, and means for removing the glove from one form and turning and mounting the glove on the other form while the forms are at rest comprising finger and thumb tucking members, 1ongitudinally movable grippers to grip the wrist part of a glove on one form and to move said part to the other form, and finger draw-on blades movable into and out of the spaces between the fingers of said other form.

11. In a glove turning machine, a form having spaced fingers, means for turning a glove and for mounting the fingers of the glove on the fingers of the form, a series of draw-on blades movable into and out of the spaces between the fingers of the glove and of the form, and means for moving said blades into said spaces after the fingers of the glove have been drawn partway on to the fingers of the form to complete the mounting of the glove fingers on. to the form fingers.

12. In a glove turning machine, a form having a tubular finger open at an end thereof and for a portion of one side adjacent said end, and a pair of reciprocating jaws movable through the open side of the finger into a position wherein one jaw is on one side of a glove mounted on the form and the other jaw is on the other side of said glove.

13. In a glove turning machine, a form having a tubular finger open at an end thereof and for a portion of one side adjacent said end, a pair of reciprocating jaws movable through the open side of the finger into a position wherein one jaw is on one side of. a glove mounted on the form and the other jaw ison the otherv side of said glove, and means for opening the jaws at the ends of the'reciprocatory stroke thereof and. for

closing the jaws during the intermediate part of' said stroke.

14. In a glove turning machine, a form having a tubular finger open at an end thereof and for a.

portion of one side adjacent said end, a pair of reciprocating jaws movable through a glove turning stroke and a return stroke, means for moving the jaws through the open side of the finger into a position wherein one jaw is at the outer surface of a glove mounted on the form and the other jaw is at the inner surface of said glove, means for opening the jaws at the ends of the reciprocatory stroke thereof and for closing the jaws during the intermediate part of said stroke,

and means for turning said jaws as the return stroke thereof.

15. In a glove turning machine, an intermita unit during tently rotatable heating form, rods slidable in and.

beyond said form, an intermittently rotatable turning form adapted to have a glovemounted thereon in inside-out position, said turning form including tubular fingers arranged to receive the ends of said rods when the forms are at rest to tuck the glove finger tips into the tubular fingers, and a pair of spring plates arranged to enter the glove thumb, a tucker blade of greater width than its thickness, and means to operate the blade while the forms are at rest first to force the edge of the blade between the plates and thereby to forcibly tuck the glove thumb between the plates and then to retract the blade.

16. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable heating form, rods slidable in and beyond said form, an intermittently rotatable turning form adapted to have a glove mounted thereon in inside-out position, said turning form including tubular fingers arranged to receive the ends of said rods when the forms are at rest to tuck the glove finger tips into the tubular fingers, and a pair of spring plates arranged to enter the glove thumb, a tucker blade of greater width than its thickness, means to operate the blade while the forms are at rest first to force the edge of the blade between the plates and thereby to forcibly tuck the glove thumb between the plates and then to retract the blade, and means for gripping opposite faces of the open end part of the glove and to move said end part longitudinally of the forms while the forms are at rest.

1'7. In a glove turning machine, an intermit-- tently rotatable heating form, an intermittently rotatable turning form including a pair of spring plates constituting a thumb member, means for moving the forms into an end to end aligned position, means carried by and projectable from the heating form to tuck in the finger tips of a glove mounted on the turning form while the forms are at rest, and means mounted independently of the forms and movable independently of the forms while the forms are at rest for tucking in the thumb of the glove between said plates.

18. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable heating form, an intermittently rotatable turning form including a pair of spring plates constituting a thumb member, means for moving the forms into an end to end aligned position, means carried by and projectable from the heating form to tuck in the finger tips of a glove mounted on the turning form while the forms are at rest, and means mounted independently of the forms and movable independently of the forms while the forms are at rest for tucking in the thumb of the glove between said plates, said last mentioned means comprising a tucker blade of greater width than its thickness, and means for alternately moving the end edge of the blade in a substantially straight line path between the plates and retracting the blade away from the plates.

19. In a glove turning machine, a pair of relatively movable glove gripping jaws, means for reciprocating said jaws as a unit in a horizontal straight line path while opening and closing the jaws, and means for turning said jaws as a unit about a vertical axis spaced from the jaws during the reciprocation thereof.

20. In a glove turning machine, a glove form on which an unturned glove is manually mountable, said form including tubular fingers outwardly flared at the free ends thereof, and a thumb member arranged to enter the thumb of the glove, said thumb member comprising a pair of similar plates arranged in face to face relation and spaced apart throughout the greater part of the lengths thereof and having intermediate bowed portions outwardly convex to provide an enlarged space between the plates, said plates having free end portions in contact with each other.

21. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable turning form, an intermittently rotatable heating form, and means for turning a glove mounted on the turning form and for mounting said glove on the heating form comprising a pair of jaws, means for reciprocating said jaws from a point adjacent the inner end of one form to a point adjacent the inner end of the other form while said forms are at rest, and means for arranging the jaws at opposite faces of a glove on the turning form and for opening and closing said jaws.

22.111 a glove turning machine, a movable turning form including finger tubes and including a thumb member consisting of a pair of bent spring plates, a movable heating form, means for tucking the finger tips of a glove into the finger tubes of the turning form while the forms are at rest and for tucking the tip of the glove thumb in between the plates of the thumb member, a pair of relatively movable glove gripping jaws, and means for closing said jaws upon opposite faces of a glove on the turning form and for then moving the jaws lengthwise to turn the glove and to mount the glove on the heating form while the forms are at rest.

23. In a glove turning machine, an intermittently rotatable heating form, a hollow turning form adapted to have a glove mounted thereon in inside-out position, said turning form including a pair of bent spring plates arranged to enter the glove thumb, a tucker blade of greater width than thickness, means for moving said blade to tuck the tip of a glove thumb between said plates while the forms are at rest, a pair of glove gripping jaws, and means to close said jaws upon opposite faces of the open end of a glove on the turning form and then to move said jaws as a unit.

24. In a glove turning machine, a plurality of heating forms intermittently rotatable about a common axis, a plurality of turning forms intermittently rotatable about a common axis, each of said turning forms having four tubular fingers and having a pair of spring plates, said fingers being adapted to enter the fingers of a glove and the plates being adapted to enter the glove thumb, means to tuck the finger tips of a glove into the fingers of the turning form and to tuck the glove tip between said plates when the heating form is aligned with the turning form, a chain, a pair of glove turning jaws, and means including a slide operatively connecting the jaws to the chain to reciprocate the jaws on operation of the chain and while said forms are at rest.

25. In a glove turning machine, means for gripping and turning a glove comprising a pair of glove gripping members, each of said members comprising a pair of jaws, and means for opening and closing said jaws upon opposite faces of a glove and for also reciprocating said jaws as a unit, said last-mentioned means including a fixed cam, means operatively connecting the cam to the jaws, a slide carrying said connecting means, and a chain connected to the slide.

26. In a glove turning machine, a glove form on which an unturned glove is manually mountable, said form including tubular fingers and a thumb member arranged respectively to enter the fingers and thumb of the glove, said thumb member comprising a pair of similar plates arranged in face to face relation and spaced apart throughout the greater part of the lengths thereof, and having free end portions in contact with each other, said form having a longitudinal groove at the wrist end thereof, a tucker blade to tuck the tip of the glove thumb between said plates, means for operating said blade, gripper means adapted to enter the groove of the form to grip opposite faces of the glove thereon, and means for reciprocating the gripper means.

27. In a glove turning machine, a form having a tubular finger open at an end thereof, saidform having a longitudinal groove in the wrist end thereof, a gripper movable into said groove and into a position wherein it is arranged on the inside of the glove mounted on the form, a relatively fixed gripper on the other side of the glove cooperating with the first mentioned gripper to grip a glove therebetween, means for reciprocating the grippers as a unit, and means for moving the first mentioned gripper toward and from the other gripper.

28. In a glove turning machine, a form having a tubular finger open at an end thereof, said form having a longitudinally arranged groove therein adjacent the other end thereof and a pair of reciprocatory jaws, at least one of said jaws being movable into said groove and into a position wherein said one jaw is on one side of a glove mounted on the form, the other jaw being movable into a position on the other side of said glove on the reciprocation of said jaws.

LOUIS BROWNSTEIN. 

